Bill Text: TX HB508 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to nurses employed by public schools.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-03 - Referred to Public Education [HB508 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB508-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales of Harris | H.B. No. 508 | |
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| relating to nurses employed by public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.0096 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.0096. NURSES. (a) Each school district and | ||
| open-enrollment charter school shall ensure that a nurse is present | ||
| during at least half of each school day at each district or school | ||
| campus. | ||
| (b) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
